Why did Japan follow such a different developmental route from China, despite borrowing heavily from Chinese political structure, religion, and culture?
What will be an ideal response?
A. Development in Japan different from China
1. able to solve the problem of succession that plagued China
a. women's aptitude to rule was accepted
1. increased the dynasty's stock of candidates for the throne
2. most rulers were women until the 770s, when a disastrous empress inspired lasting revulsion against women rulers
b. it became normal for rulers to abdicate and watch over the transmission of power
2. reform of the administration
a. drive to centralize by breaking up and replacing traditional power structures
1. clan chieftains were blamed for dividing the land, engaging in conflict, unjustly exploiting labor, and impoverishing peasants
2. landowners were kept from preying on the poor
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